A motivation-sustaining articularity/acoustic speech training system for profoundly deaf children

Author

Javkin, Hector ; Antonanzas-Barroso, Norma ; Das, Amitav ; Zerkle, Daniel ; Yamada, Yoshinori ; Murata, Norio ; Levitt, Harry ; Youdelman, Karen

Author_Institution

Panasonic Technologies Inc., Santa Barbara, CA, USA

Volume

1

fYear

1993

fDate

27-30 April 1993

Firstpage

145

Abstract

The authors describe a speech training system for deaf children which integrates acoustic and several types of instrumentally measured articulatory data: palatography, nasal vibration, airflow, and the presence/absence of voicing. The system presents these in both a technical and a motivating game format. It was designed to be used both with a teacher´s guidance and (within certain limits) by the children alone. The games are proving to be highly motivating to the children, and encourage them to experiment with their speech production.<>

Keywords

acoustic variables measurement; anemometry; biomedical measurement; games of skill; handicapped aids; speech; training; vibration measurement; airflow; articularity/acoustic speech training system; motivating game; nasal vibration; palatography; profoundly deaf children; speech production; voicing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, 1993. ICASSP-93., 1993 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Minneapolis, MN, USA

ISSN

1520-6149

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7402-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICASSP.1993.319076

Filename

319076